Ring mounting



Oct. 3, 1933. w BR|DLER 1,929,236

RING MOUNTING Filed Sept. 29. 1931 INVENTOR lmeqaqm GEN 43 ATTORNEY-5Patented Oct. 3, 1 933 l, "R G OUNI NQQ wane, L. Bridler; D etroit,v:afs' i iuir a;

Wright Kay and Company, D'etroitQ lYIich av' corporation of MichiganApplic f. Serial No This invention relates to ring mountings forprecious stones, and has for. its object an im proved 'di's'positionofthe component parts 'of such an article, adapted to permit 'itsiusejeither 5 complementarilyi with another jewel-mounted ring lorwith apla-in bandfor wedding ring with out' inte'rference with ordisplacementfof either from a position of true perpendicularity to theaxisof the finger, whichiin, the Ivasthas'served as an objection to the.useofsmo're than'one'ring upon the fingen. t 1 jRingsiserving'as.mountings for "precious stones, whether of thesolitaireltype orjof a contour for supporting plurality of ornately,arranged precious stones, have in the past been so coristructed that,viewed lengthwise of the plane of the ring, the exposed or fstonesupporting por-' tion has been positionedsubstantially centrally of thegeneral plane of the annularr'shank or finger-encircling partjas suchsOf course if only one such ringis to be worn upon ones finger, thelateral extent of suchia stone-supporting .portion,..on either isi'deofthe plane of theiring. as ,a whole and le'ngthwise' ofitheffinger is ,amatter. of no consequence or olbleotionability. But if the ring wereworn in association with a plain band or wedding ring, or on theisainefinger with another stone mounted ring, the lateral projectionof themountings forming a .part of the metal of each ring, or in'some casesthe. precious stone itself, would result in one or the other of therings being forced into exposition of oblique angularity relatively tothe axis of the finger as a whole,qor else the'crown or stonesupportingpart-of the ornamental ring would have to be made so high that itslaterally extend ing part wouldrise beyond the periphery of the plainband ring as such. The tendency in' ring design being toward avoidanceof such a large outward extent of the stoneesupporting part of a jeweledring, so as togive theappearance of close juxtaposition to thefingenithas become necessary, as a condition precedent to the avoidanceof the angularpositioning of the ringson the finger. that a markeddeparture from the constructional forms hitherto followed be indulgedin. A further feature of desirability as to rny improved ring lies inthe fact thatthere being no projection of the stone or of its mountingover the correspondingly positioned portionof the plain hand ring. itisat all times as fully exposed to view as though no jeweled orornamentalring were on "the finger. My improvement is villustratedin theaccompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a side or edge elevationalview ofaf" ation' September 29;1

' rings beperpendicular to d jewel-supporting;ring, an adjafce'ntly positioned plain band'r 7 indicated in dottedlines.

V Figure" 2 isa planview the adjaeently positioned plain hand ring shownnl eit l e .7 v l Figure 3 isan axiallyj lengthwise-1 elevationalViewofsuchjaring;

(a ring-{with in and hes pq fine f nger 3 I Figure skis anzedgeelevational 'vie wfof two adjacently Qpositionedjewel-supporting*"rings;

on the same finge 1 all i ctinej eri kf2 f the two jewelporting ringsshown in Figure 4', -designed to'loz'*ih'g out-the same idea as toFthesegas is 'embodied in Figureifl in the association of, a 3' rinarid'a plain band'ring.

Afin dicates in dotted lines an ordinary plain a v .5 lines the outlineof a finger whereon-theformer band" or" wedding ring; and B "similarlyin dotted bringing out thepossibilityoff their usetog'ethe'r withoutinterference o'f' t'heirr ewel-supporting' t is worn, while C'indicatesthe plain face or terminal' edge 'ofjthe shank o'f 'a fingerring E,whose slightly oblique opposite terrninal edge JD wouldv not; ifpositioned against the "plain band Y ring- A, 7 enable these rings to;both lie' in planestruly perpendicular to the axisof the-finger andto='the shanks of these. rings; *Whil'e the ajngmarity' 'or. th'e faceDof the shank E -isjidFigures 1; and e,'possioly exaggerated somewhat, it.is a fact of common knowledge that generallyspeaking the shank of aring whose exposed base, as F, is

designed to hold'a stone or ornamental design does taper somewhat asthatpartzof, the circle of the shank diametrically opposite the head isI approached. Even were-"this not .thecase, if the head proj eotsyon theside 'C'to anything like the degree that' is shown projecting on thesideD,

desirahlejthat the planes of the shanks of both the axis of the fingerand of thegshanks; I

considerations of comfort and appearance it is '7 i I illthereforeposition all'ofxthe stone-carrying head F; insofar as its breadth'viewedlengthwise of the fingers axis is greater than that of the shank of thering similarly viewed, entirely} on as the terminaledge D. The actualresultant 1 displacenrient of the prjeciousstone for-ornamental Zdesignnoon the exposed face of the ring'head F isso slight as regardsthepla'ne of the shank I f1 oneside thereof as; for example, the sameside 'cially when worn in associati-on 'wit'h' the plain when the ringis in position on the hand, espe-,

hand ring A, and yet the wholly plaincharacter of the terminal edge C of'the ornamentalring is such as to afiord no interference with theaccurate parallel 'fit of one against the-other, when positioned on thefinger, both lying in positions of true perpendicularity'with respect tothe axis of their respective shanks and of the supportingfinger. Andwhatever be the setting,

the prongs or stone-anchoring pieces G' may be so positioned on the ringhead F as toappropri ately position and hold in placesuoh stone'or""ment wider than the shank measured along the other setting as may bechosen. 7, i

In case, instead of wearing such a ring in association with a plain bandring, it is ,desired, to wear two of them, asfor example, M and N, withtheir respectiveplain faces adjacent one another, avery desirable andpleasing marquise effect may be. had from the association of'the ringsin the manner illustrated i'n'Figures 4 and 5, either being obyiouslyreplaceable at will 7 in favor, of a plain band; ring which willsimilarly fit with true perpendicularityin'themanner illustrated inFigures 1 and 2. It is of "course obvious that the contourings hereinshown forthe head or stone-supporting part of the ring are illustrativeonly, in no way intended torestrict the scope of this disclosure,providedthat that edge or end surface of the ring which is intended toengage or be adjacent toeitherthe plain band ringsterminal edge or thecomplementarily contoured edge of a similar jewel-supporting ring,

he of thecharacter described What'I claim is:

1. In an ornamental ring,. in combination, a

shank portion, an integralstone-supporting en- H Y largement positionedpartly in circumferential alignment withthe shank, but projectinglaterally from one sideonly thereof, the opposite side of the shank-andenlargement lying-in a common plane perpendicular-to the axis of thering.

2. Anornamental finger ring comprising, in combination with-a shankportion,.0ne axially terminalface of which is locatedv in a planeperpendicular to the axis thereof, an integrated display portion partofwhich'lies'within the plane plain bandring.

of the shank as awhole on the opposite side thereof from its describedaxially perpendicular face. i

3.'An ornamental finger ring, comprising, in combination with a shankportion, a stone-supporting display portion which, as the ring is viewedalong a line perpendicular to the axis of the display portion, islocated preponderantly on one side of the plane thereof, though lyingpartly in circumferential alignment with adjacent -portion s oftheshank, the shank and display portion having a common faceperpendicular to the axis of the ring.

A finger ring having an ornamental enlargeaxis of the latter thoughlying partlywithin and projecting from one side only of the plane of theringas a whole, the opposite marginal edge of the shank lying ina planetruly perpendicular .to the axis of the ring. H

eluding an edge of the ornamental enlargement,

the ornamental enlargement lying partly within the general plane ofitheshank of the ring but projecting laterally on the side of the other tei?minal edge thereof. 5 V

6..,As' a new article of manufacture, an orna mentalring having anornamental" portion of greater breadth than that of the shank measuredlengthwise of the axis'of the'latter, one marginal edge of both theshank and ornamental portion lying in a common plane truly perpendicularto the axisof the ring and'the excess breadth of the ornamentalportionforming the boundariesof the other marginal edge, 7. An ornamental bythe true 'perpendicularity of one of .its axially bythe presence of partof the physical mass of iio finger ring characterized its setting withinthe plane of the shank as' 'a whole and entirely on the" opposite sideof the plane of said:.perpendi cular face from that de- 7 signed to beengaged' b'y the adjaently positioned warm r; Emm

